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4 Spawning Aggregations in Reef Fishes; Ecological and Evolutionary Processes
(continued)
Table 4.8
Comparison of reproductive and ecological characteristics of 22 taxa representative of main reproductive modes in reef fi shes (T = transient;
R = Resident)
Abundance
estimate
Spawning mode
Taxon
Egg development
mode
Mean size
cm FL
Species
richness
Diet; %
carnivory
Individual/
10 m
2
Pair
Group
Migration
Gobiidae
Demersal
3.8
~1,600
32
75.5
x
–
No
Pomacentridae
a
Demersal
7.3
340
40
98.6
x
–
No
Blenniidae
Demersal
5.4
310
25
9
x
–
No
Tripterygidae
Demersal
4.4
90
85
3.5
x
–
No
Apogonidae
Mouth brooders
8.1
290
100
6.5
x
–
No
Siganidae
a
Some
28
32
6
0.3
x
–
R
Demersal
Balistidae
a
Demersal
42
41
72
0.2
x
–
R
Monacanthidae
Demersal
32
69
65
0.15
x
–
?
Chaetodontidae
Pelagic
12.1
125
85
1.6
x
–
No
Pomacanthidae
Pelagic
19.2
84
65
0.54
x
–
No
Labridae
a
(wrasses)
Pelagic
18.5
420
98
6
x
x
R
Labridae
a
(Scarines)
Pelagic
42.7
98
1
3.8
x
x
R
Acanthuridae
a
Pelagic
38.2
82
15
5.2
x
x
R
Anthiinae
Pelagic
13
204
98
5.5
x
–
?
Cirrhitidae
Pelagic
11
34
94
3
x
–
No
Pinguipedidae
Pelagic
17
76
96
5
x
–
No
Caesionidae
a
Pelagic
29
22
96
1.5
?
–
No
Lethrinidae
a
Pelagic
44.5
40
98
0.21
?
–
T
Lutjanidae
a
Pelagic
45.2
107
100
0.36
x
x
T
Serranidae
a
(Epinephelines)
Pelagic
72
167
100
0.28
x
x
T